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OK, this sounds good - What is a 'trip-file'? Is it a file sent from source indicating the completion of FTP?
A trip-file is a file that you would generate
after the FTP process has completed.
Hence, your program would look for the trip-file instead.
This would indicate that the FTP process has completed and the file/s are ready to access.
EG:
> Youg Program to look for trip-file `
proc-a-ftpcomp` ...
*
Start of proc-a-ftp * (Process `A` FTP)
> FTP process begins first file ...
> FTP process begins subsequent files ...
> FTP process completes and terminates FTP ...
*
Creation of Trip-File *
Trip-File (`
proc-a-ftpcomp`) created if the FTP process completes without error.
It does not need to contain data (unless you see a need to).
*
Keep going *
Your Program then see's the existance of the trip-file and continues processing.
HTH's